[Ord. No. 1012 §1, 2-22-1988]
The following provisions are hereby adopted to govern the sewer
service provided by the City of Hermann in a uniform manner for the
benefit of the City and the users of its sanitary sewer system. Such
provisions are subject to change from time to time. All such changes
must be approved by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration,
United States Department of Agriculture, or his successor, so long
as the City has unpaid obligations which are held by or insured by
the United States of America. If any portion of these provisions shall
be declared invalid by competent authority, such voidance shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions.
[Ord. No. 1012 §2, 2-22-1988]
As used in this Chapter the following words and phrases will
have the stated meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
The biochemical oxygen demand, expressed in milligrams per
liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature
of twenty degrees (20°) Celsius.
The City of Hermann, Missouri.
Water and water-carried wastes normally discharged into the
sanitary sewers from dwellings, including both single and multiple
family homes, and from office buildings, factories, and institutions,
but not including storm water drainage or surface water drainage and
not including industrial wastes as later defined.
Any residential, commercial, industrial, or other structure
in existence and connected to the public sanitary sewer system on
or before January 1, 1985.
Solid wastes and residue from preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage, processing, and sale of food
products and produce.
Any non-governmental user of the public sanitary sewer system,
including agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, transportation,
communication, electric, gas, and sanitary services and any other
industrial services discharging into the public sanitary sewer system
any industrial waste or discharging into the system any wastes other
than domestic sewage as defined in this Section.
All water, water-carried solids, liquid and gas wastes resulting
from any industrial, manufacturing, or food processing operation or
from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of such
fluids and domestic sewage, or any mixture of such fluids with any
other water or liquid.
This term may be abbreviated "mg/l," and shall mean a weight
to volume ratio. The figure appearing before the symbol "mg/l" shall
be the number of milligrams of the substance being tested in one (1)
liter of water. This figure may be transposed to pounds per million
gallons of water by multiplying such figure by 8.34.
Any residential, commercial, industrial, or other structure
erected or first made available for connection to the public sanitary
sewer system after January 1, 1985.
Sewage in which the average concentration of suspended materials
does not exceed 250 mg/l and in which the five (5) day B.O.D. does
not exceed 250 mg/l.
The owner, tenant, occupant, or person in charge of any building
or premises, or any person acting in the owner's behalf.
Any person, firm, corporation, or association.
The logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. pH shall be determined
by the standard laboratory methods.
Any building or lot under individual ownership or individual
use where water service is metered independently.
Wastes from preparation, cooking, and disposing of food,
exclusive of egg shells and bones, which has been shredded so that
the particles are no greater than one-half (½) inch in any
dimension and can be carried freely through normal conditions in public
sanitary sewers.
Any sanitary sewer constructed by the City or dedicated to
the City, or otherwise used as part of the public sanitary sewer system,
regardless of the source of funding or means of construction.
Any transfer or conveyance of legal or equitable ownership
of any premises within the City, whether voluntary or involuntary,
except for conveyances made solely for the purpose of providing security
for the payment of debt and except for conveyances between husbands
and wives or parents and children where the occupancy and use of the
premises does not thereby change.
A sewer that conveys sewage and wastewater, in which ordinarily
ground water and unpolluted industrial waste are not included.
All of the mains, publicly owned laterals, public facilities,
manholes, and treating and disposing facilities included in the wastewater
treatment facilities of the City.
The State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for
Missouri, United States Department of Agriculture, or his successor.
The amount of rainfall that flows directly or indirectly
into the storm sewer system of the City.
The Superintendent of the waterworks and sewerage department
of the City.
Solids that either float in sewage or are in suspension in
sewage, which are removable by a laboratory filtration device.
Sewage.
Any facility owned by the City used for receiving and treating
sewage.
[Ord. No. 1012 §3, 2-22-1988]
A.
The Superintendent
shall be permitted access to any part of any property where access
is necessary for the purpose of inspecting, observing, measuring,
sampling, or testing to determine compliance with the provisions of
this Chapter. If any person should refuse to permit access to the
Superintendent, the Superintendent may, with the assistance of the
City Attorney, obtain the necessary court orders to require access.
If the Superintendent finds any violation of this Chapter at the premises
of any user, the Superintendent shall notify the owner in writing
stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time
for corrections to be made. In the absence of unusual or emergency
circumstances, fifteen (15) days shall be considered a reasonable
time. The person to whom the notice is directed shall report to the
Superintendent within fifteen (15) days, in writing, stating what
action has been taken and is being taken to correct the conditions
constituting the violation. If the owner does not correct the violation
within such time, or within any extension of time granted by the Superintendent,
the Superintendent shall do one (1) or any combination of the following:
B.
All of
the powers granted under this Chapter to the Superintendent may be
exercised by any employee duly authorized by the Superintendent to
exercise those powers.
[Ord. No. 1012 §4, 2-22-1988]
Any industrial waste which, without pre-treatment, will be harmful
to the structure, process, or operation of the sewage treatment works,
or detrimental to the quality of the effluent (upon proper application
of water purity standards imposed by the laws and regulations of the
United States of America and the State of Missouri), the user shall
provide preliminary treatment or processing facilities, at the user's
expense, to render the waste acceptable for admission to the public
sanitary sewers, subject to inspection by the Superintendent. Industrial
wastes which have excessive B.O.D. or excessive suspended solids in
excess of normal domestic sewage shall be pre-treated to meet the
requirements of normal domestic sewage, provided that such wastes
may be accepted without pre-treatment if the user can show that the
waste will not cause damage to the sanitary sewer collection system,
will not impair the operation of the wastewater process, and will
not damage any of the wastewater facilities, and if the precise limits
to be accepted are covered by an agreement in writing between the
City and such user.
[Ord. No. 1012 §5, 2-22-1988]
Grease, oil, and sand traps or interceptors shall be provided
for any liquid wastes containing grease or flammable wastes, sand,
and other harmful ingredients. Such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or dwellings. All such interceptors shall
be subject to inspection by the Superintendent and shall be located
so as to be readily accessible for easy cleaning and inspection. Grease
and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials
capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.
They shall be of substantial construction, water-tight, and equipped
with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gas-tight
and water-tight. Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the user at the user's expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times. Material removed from such facilities
shall be either recycled by the user or disposed of in accordance
with all applicable laws and ordinances.
[Ord. No. 1012 §6, 2-22-1988]
No pre-treatment facility and no interceptor shall be accepted
under the terms of this Chapter until written plans, specifications,
and information therefor required to show compliance with the terms
of this Chapter have been submitted to and approved by the Superintendent.
[Ord. No. 1012 §7, 2-22-1988]
A.
No person
shall discharge into any part of the public sanitary sewer system
any of the following substances or conditions:
1.
Any
storm water or ground water, storm water runoff, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, seepage water, or any water from downspouts, yard drains,
fountains and ponds, sump pumps, septic tanks, or swimming pools.
2.
Any
liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than sixty-five degrees
(65°) Celsius.
3.
Any
water or waste which contains wax, grease, oil, plastic, or other
substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures
between zero degrees (0°) and sixty-five degrees (65°) Celsius.
4.
Flammable
or explosive liquids, solids, or gases.
5.
Solid
or viscous substances in quantity capable of causing obstruction to
the flow of sanitary sewers or of interfering with the operation of
the wastewater treatment works; such substances include but are not
limited to acids, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, manure, hair, animal
wastes, parts of bodies of animals, lime slurries, lime residue, paint
residues, fiberglass, and bulk solids.
6.
Any
garbage except properly shredded garbage.
7.
Any
noxious or malodorous substance which can form a gas, which, singly
or by interaction with other wastes in the sewage system, is capable
of causing objectionable odors or hazards to health, life, or property
or which can by itself or in combination with other substances in
the sewage system form solids and concentrations exceeding the limits
established in this Chapter or any substance which creates any other
condition harmful to the structure or treatment processes of the wastewater
treatment system.
8.
Free
or emulsified oil and grease exceeding an average of 100 mg/l or eight
hundred thirty (830) pounds of oil or grease or any combination thereof
per one million (1,000,000) gallons of water if it appears that the
amounts of oil and grease can do any of the following: Deposit grease
or oil on the sanitary sewer lines in such a manner as to clog or
interfere with the flow of sewage, overload the grease handling equipment
of the wastewater system, prevent treatment of the wastewater by the
system, or have any harmful effect on the treatment process or the
treatment equipment due to the nature and quantity of the substances.
9.
Acids
or alkalies having a small pH value lower than 6.0 or higher than
9.0.
10.
Salts
of heavy metals in solution or suspension in concentration toxic to
biological wastewater treatment processes or in concentrations sufficient
to affect adversely sludge digestion or any other biochemical, biological,
or other wastewater treatment process; or harmful to the biology of
the receiving stream to which the flow of the wastewater treatment
facility discharges; or which exceed any of the following limits:
|
|
Toxic Substance
|
mg/l
|
|---|---|---|
|
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Cadmium
|
1
|
|
Chromium
|
3
| |
|
Copper
|
3
| |
|
Lead
|
0.10
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.002
| |
|
Nickel
|
3
| |
|
Zinc
|
3
|
11.
Any
other elements which will damage collection facilities or be detrimental
to the treatment processes or to the receiving stream to which the
effluent of the wastewater treatment facility discharges. In enforcing
this Chapter the volume of a particular industrial user shall be considered
not only by itself but also in connection with other industrial discharges
within the same area contributing to the same wastewater treatment
plant.
12.
Cyanide
or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas or acidification
in excess of 2 mg/l as Cx.
13.
Radioactive
materials defined as hazardous materials under Federal laws and regulations,
including any substance required by the United States Department of
Transportation to have Type A packaging or Type B packaging under
regulations found in 49 CFR 173.426.
14.
Any
wastewaters containing phenols or other taste producing substances
in such concentrations as to produce a detectable odor or taste in
the stream or other water- course receiving the effluent from the
treatment facilities.
15.
Materials
which cause unusual concentrations of inert solids such as fuller's
earth or other solids such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, or
sodium sulfate; or which cause excessive discoloration; or which cause
unusual biological oxygen demand or an immediate oxygen demand; or
with a high hydrogen sulfide content; or with unusual flow and concentration.
16.
Any
toxic substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction
by the wastewater treatment processes of the City.
[Ord. No. 1012 §8, 2-22-1988]
A.
No service
connection shall be made or maintained to the public sanitary sewer
system of the City from any premises if any drain opening, inlet,
or other point of entry or infiltration into the sewer system is located
at or below an elevation of five hundred fifteen (515) feet above
mean sea level, unless the drains and sewage disposal system of such
premises are designed, constructed, used, and maintained in strict
accordance with the requirements of this Section.
B.
Service
connections from premises having a drain opening or other point of
entry or infiltration into the sanitary sewer system at or below an
elevation of five hundred fifteen (515) feet above mean sea level
may be made only if one (1) or more of the following conditions is
satisfied at the time of connection and at all times thereafter:
1.
All
drain openings and other points of entry or infiltration into the
sanitary sewer system within or upon such premises shall be permanently
capped and secured either by use of a welded metal cap or plug, poured
concrete cap or plug, or other equally permanent and non-removable
sealant, properly installed to eliminate completely any infiltration
into the system at any point at or below said elevation.
2.
The
premises shall be constructed and equipped with an adequately designed,
installed, and maintained sump pump or similar device capable of removing
surface water, or any other substance not permitted by this Chapter
to be introduced into the public sanitary sewer system, from the premises
immediately upon entry of such surface water or other substance and
with no possibility of any such surface water or other substance draining
into or otherwise entering the public sanitary sewer system.
3.
The
premises shall be designed, constructed, equipped, and maintained
so that any drain opening or other point of entry or infiltration
at or below said elevation can discharge into the public sanitary
sewer system only by means of being pumped from points within the
premises at or below said elevation to an elevation higher than five
hundred fifteen (515) feet above mean sea level and with the main
discharge point from said premises to the public sanitary sewer system
to be located at a point above five hundred fifteen (515) feet above
mean sea level; and such premises shall further be equipped with a
float or other device to render inoperative such pump in the event
of infiltration of surface water or other substances not permitted
to be discharged into the public sanitary sewer system; and said premises
shall further be equipped with a second sump pump or other device
designed, constructed, and maintained to remove from the premises
all such surface water and other non-permitted substances by means
other than discharge into the public sanitary sewer system.
4.
The
premises shall be designed, constructed, used, and maintained in such
other manner equally capable of preventing any discharge or infiltration
into the public sanitary sewer system of surface water, seepage water,
storm water runoff, or any other substance of any type not expressly
permitted by this Chapter to be discharged into the public sanitary
sewer system.
C.
No owner
shall make or cause to be made any service connection to the public
sanitary sewer system from any premises having a drain opening or
other point of entry or infiltration into such system at or below
an elevation of five hundred fifteen (515) feet above mean sea level
unless such owner first obtains a permit therefor as provided in this
Section.
1.
Such
owner shall make written application to the Superintendent on forms
provided by the City Clerk, which forms shall require the disclosure
of the name of the applicant, address and physical location of the
premises for which such connection is sought, the elevation above
mean sea level of the lowest drain opening or other point of entry
or infiltration into the system located within or about said premises,
a statement of the date of construction of such premises, a statement
of the principal use of such premises, and a statement whether such
premises have at any time previously been connected to the public
sanitary sewer system; and said application shall further be accompanied
by a written plan prepared for such owner by a licensed plumber or
registered professional engineer, showing in detail the design proposed
by such owner for compliance with the requirements of this Section.
2.
The
Superintendent and City Administrator shall review each such application
promptly upon filing of the same. If they determine that the design
proposed by the owner for conforming such premises to the requirements
of this Chapter would be effective and compatible with the remainder
of the public sanitary sewer system, the Superintendent shall issue
a conditional permit to the applicant authorizing the construction
of the necessary components of the sewer drain system for said premises
in conformity with the application and plan, which conditional permit
shall be effective for a period of six (6) months after issuance thereof.
If the Superintendent and Administrator determine that the application
and plan are inadequate and do not conform to the requirements of
this Chapter, the Superintendent shall so notify the applicant. Any
such owner may submit additional applications for a permit by making
corrections or additions to the same as necessary to conform to the
requirements of this Chapter.
3.
If a
conditional permit is issued by the Superintendent, the owner shall
have a period of six (6) months thereafter in which to complete the
construction of the sanitary sewer system for said premises in conformity
with the permit and plan upon which the permit is based. Upon completion
of such work and prior to the making of the service connection to
the public sanitary sewer system, the owner shall notify the Superintendent
of such completion and readiness for inspection. The Superintendent
shall promptly inspect the premises to ascertain whether construction
of the system and its apparent intended method of use conform to the
permit and plan and to the requirements of this Chapter. If the Superintendent
determines construction to have been completed properly, he shall
then cause the issuance of a connection permit, which shall authorize
the making of a service connection from said premises to the public
sanitary sewer system. Duplicate copies of such permit shall be retained
by the owner and by the City Clerk. If the Superintendent determines
that construction has not been in conformity with the conditional
permit and plan, he shall so notify the owner, who shall have an opportunity
to take corrective action.
4.
In the
event that improper use or maintenance of any premises for which a
connection permit has been issued should occur after the issuance
of such permit, to the extent that the requirements of this Chapter
applicable to such premises are no longer met, such premises shall
immediately be deemed an unlawful and non-conforming use, subject
to the penalties and remedies contained in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 993 §2, 11-10-1986]
A.
All sewer
lines constructed after November 10, 1986, shall be not less than
eight (8) inches in diameter, and shall be constructed of cast iron,
ductile iron, cement pipe, Schedule 35 polyvinyl chloride pipe, or
of other materials comparable in strength and durability upon approval
by the Board of Aldermen. In the event the Master Sewer Plan for the
City of Hermann, prepared in 1985, as the same may subsequently be
amended or superseded, provides for a sewer main in excess of eight
(8) inches in diameter, such sewer main shall be constructed by using
the minimum diameter of pipe specified in said Master Sewer Plan.
No sewer mains or service lines shall be constructed or connected
to the existing sewer system within the City of Hermann except in
accordance with plans and specifications approved in advance by the
City of Hermann and by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
B.
All sewer
mains and service lines to the property line of the property to be
served thereby shall be constructed only within a public street right
of way or within a public utility easement of not less than ten (10)
feet in width which has been dedicated to the City of Hermann.
C.
The extension
of all new sewer mains, service lines, and appurtenances thereto shall
be solely at the expense of and apportioned among the owners of property
to be served thereby, assessed in proportion to the front foot of
each lot or parcel served by such extension.
D.
Whenever
said Master Sewer Plan requires the installation of pipe or other
components in excess of eight (8) inches in diameter, the difference
in cost between that of the pipe and other components actually used
and the cost of eight (8) inch diameter pipe and components shall
be paid by the City of Hermann.
E.
The owner
or occupant of any lot or parcel or improvement within the city served
by the city sewer system shall be responsible for making the connection
and constructing and maintaining all pipes, components, and other
fittings from the sewer main to the improvements located on the property
served thereby, subject to and under the supervision and inspection
of the City's Water and Sewer Superintendent. Each such property owner
or customer of the city sewer system shall be responsible for all
maintenance, repair, replacement, and risk of loss or injury to the
sewer service lines to the point of connection to the sewer main.
F.
After
completion of construction of any such sewer main or service line
extension, and after acceptance thereof by the City of Hermann, the
City of Hermann will maintain and assume responsibility for sewer
mains and manholes.
[Ord. No. 591 §§1-3, 5-11-1970]
A.
Information
for bidders, general conditions, excavation for sanitary sewers, and
pipe sewers and manholes set forth in Exhibit A of Ordinance Number
591, which is on file in the City Clerk's office, shall be used as
a standard guideline for the writing of agreements, specifications
and definitions for the construction of sanitary sewers in the City
of Hermann.
B.
Any agreements,
specifications and requirements prepared for the construction of sanitary
sewers for the City of Hermann need not follow the standard guideline
exactly but may vary from time to time according to the conditions.
